Oh Boy. It’s The Slashfilm Clean-Up!
There’s a lot of minor news breaking today and falling in between the cushions of Slashfilm’s buttery soft couch. I’ve decided to reach in and present the tasty morsels for your enjoyment. Don’t like some of ‘em? Well, your dog doesn’t discriminate and if it does, surprise, it’s a kitty.
October’sMax Paynevideo adaptation continues to build a curious borderline-honor roll of a cast, withChris O’Donnell(Robin) climbing out of the Where Are They Now File to star alongsideMark Wahlberg(title role), the foxyMila Kunis(uh, assassin love interest),Beau friggin’ Bridges(mentor) andDonal Logue(not playing Jimmy the Cab Driver). O’Donnell will play nipple-free “executive Jason Colvin.” Exciting, innit? Now, if only the film was rated R. (EW)
Javier Bardem, the biggest star in born again directorFrancis Ford Coppola’s follow-up toYouth Without Youth,Tetro, has either dropped out or been replaced on a huge creative whim. Coppola will recast the role of Bardem’s mentor to Vincent Gallo’s title character withCarmen Maura, whom you may have caught inVolver. Hmmm, Coppola could have certainly used the awareness of the Oscar winner. Too bad. (HR) As we all do when a job falls through, Bardem is said to be considering a role as a respected wine critic in a film entitledThe First Emperorstarring naughty monkeys Helen Mirren and Hugh Grant. (DH)
The horror! Another fresh face fromThe O.C.has washed ashore on Crystal Lake.Amanda Rhigetti,an 8,is close to signing on as the female lead in Platinum Dunes’Friday the 13th. How about a cameo by Adam Brody’s head? (Variety)
Latino Reviewsum upSam Raimi’s script to his upcomingDrag Me to Hellwith three words: Predictable as hell. Slashfilm previously summed up theentiremovie even more succinctly with:Justin Long. Obviously we’re too smart to add “as hell” to that. However, that was before we caught Long’s performance inThe Sasquatch Gang(now on DVD), which was maddeningly chuckle-inducing. “Predictable as hell” it is, then.Billy Crudupis that guy you call when your film is looking good. He’ll playJ. Edgar Hoover(kinky) inMichael Mann’sPublic Enemies, which starsJohnny Depp,Christian Baleandthe Dorfand has as much chance as sucking as UNC losing the Final Four. Jinx? Hardly. [Variety]
Where’s my sickly neighbor from 1988’s inhaler?Joshua Jacksonsays he will not be playingFletchin the remake. Chevy Chase’s is one of my favorite Chevy Chase films. I say cast Michael Cera and let Jason Lee choke on a furball. [MTV]
The new film fromHeatherswriter/legendDaniel Watersopens tomorrow in select theaters. It’s calledSex and Death 101. Here’s aninterviewwith Waters that’s so chockfull of amazingly pretentious, pseudo-intellectual name dropping it makes us realize how rarely we come across screenwriter interviews like this anymore. More Waters, please.
Hard hitter producerGraham King(The Departed,Blood Diamond) andWarner Bros.hope to bring the Hugo Award-winning sci-fi seriesHyperion Cantosto life on screen via a script by relative newcomerTrevor Sands. I’m not familiar with authorDan Simmons’s works, but the plot is said to be set on a planet called Hyperion that has lucid blue skies, “electricity-spewing trees,” and a mysterious region called the Time Tombs, where time travel evidently goes down amongst artifacts. And a very pissed off monster guards them. Ooh la la. Sands will combine the first two novels,HyperionandThe Fall of Hyperionin his script. An original, brainy sci-fi film? All for it. Any fans, please sounds off in the comments below. (HR)
